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MODERN MILX GOATS 



by coming to the age of one month full of vitality and 

 incredible energy, without any setback of illness or re- 

 tarded growth. They should weigh normally at this 

 age eighteen to twenty-two pounds for a doe, and twenty- 

 two to twentjr-five pounds for a buck. 



One Month to Four Months Old. — At this age the 

 bucks are separated from the does, and the milk feeds 



Fig. 43. — Salome of Oakdene, two months old. (Owned by Mrs. 

 T. B. Dean, Walnut Creek, Calif.) 



are reduced to three a day. By this time the kids av^ 

 ready to take on solid food as an important part of their 

 regular rations. 



Necessity for Varied Rations. — It is essential to the 

 best develoi^ment of a kid that he, or she, learn to eat 

 solid food as early as possible and as abundantly as pos- 

 sible. To accomplish this end it is important to bear in 



